[kgwxd]

"beholden to donors" is a nonsensical phrase, unless "donors" is defined with a wink, a nod, and air-quotes.

[flexagoon]

I think I have a pretty good guess of who the donors are for a newspaper in Salt Lake City

[slwvx]

The Salt Lake Tribune seems pretty centrist to me, but in Utah it is considered left-leaning.

[grahamburger]

The Salt Lake Tribune has always promoted the view of the opposition for Salt Lake City (and Utah). It might not be who you think.

[datsci_est_2015]

Donors don’t have control over the editorial board like owners do. Donors can always pull their funding, but not before the editors get a meaty stab at a controversial topic. And funding being pulled is a story in itself.

Donors and owners are different.

[aslkjfelkamsep]

The Salt Lake Tribune was explicitly founded in the 1870s as an anti Latter-day Saint newspaper. I'm guessing that the people you think are donors, are not actually donors.